21世纪大学英语英语课文讲解unit8(b)

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1、TextBSmartMachines:OurTirelesshelpers(5,h—6thciass-hours)Text-relatedInformationAI(ArtificialIntelligence,人工解1能)人工智能研究的一个主要Fl标是使机器能够胜任一些通常需要人类智能才能完成的复杂工作。Robot:Amechanicaldevicethatsometimesresemblesahumanbeingandiscapableofperformingavarietyofoftencomplexhumantasksoncommandorbybeingprogr

2、ammedinadvance.SummaryoftheTextPeoplehadbeenwanderingwhetherwewouldconstructmachinesassmartashumanbeings.Thishasgraduallycomeintorealityrecently・Aso-called“Dante"wasbuilttocarryoutexplorationinAntarcticavolcano.AlthoughDantehadnotbeenfaring处境wellinitsmission,itsbuilderswereoptimistic・Some

3、werealsoconcernedaboutsmartmachines,worriedabouttheiroutwitting月生过humanbeings・Scientistshadbeensurethatthiswouldnothappen,andtheygrantedthattherobotswouldbeandremainasourtirelesshelpers.TextStructurePartI(para.1)Raisingthequestion™Isittruethatmachinescouldbeasintelligentashumanbeings?What

4、doesAlstandfor?PartII(para.2)Abriefanswertothequestion™a“smart"machinewouldbecapableofhelpingpeopleinavarietyofprofessions.PartIII(para.3-5)Anexample…thestoryofDante,arobot.PartIV(para.6)development:Answeringthequestioninthefutureagain一-somerobotsofthefuturemayalsodoordinaryjobs.PartV(par

5、a7)Conclusion-一althoughpeoplehavedifferentopinionsabouttherelationshipbetweenthehumanbeingand“smart"machines,we'llhavegoodrelationshipwithrobot.Words&Expressions1.Artificial:a.madebyhumanskill;notnatural人工的，人造的；非自然的setupartificialbarriersagainstwomenandminorities制造歧视妇女和少数民族的人为障碍；anartific

6、ialeconomicboom人为的经济繁荣anartificialsmile.不自然的微笑[SJ:imitative,false.2.Capability:n.能力；

7、■复数]潜在能力astudentofgreatcapabilities.一个能力极强的学生nuclearcapability・核能Shehascapabilitiesasasinger,she'sworthtraining.她具备歌唱家的才能,值得培养。havecapabilitytodosth/ofdoingsth;有做…的能力Ifirmlybelievethatyouhavethe-todo/ofdo

8、ingthejobwell.[S]:ability,capacityCapable:adj.(of)havingorshowinganability(todosth.)有能力的Heiscapableofjudgingart.他具有鉴赏艺术的能力。acapableadministrator一位精干的行政主管capableofwinning.有能力収胜Heis〜ofsleepingforover10hours/jumpinghigherifhetries.[U]:：be-of（doing）sth.某方面能干的[SJ:able,co